Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Affecting openssl-perl package, versions <0:1.0.1e-57.0.6.el6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.81% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE6-OPENSSLPERL-2531892
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed16 Apr 2018

Introduced: 16 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-0737  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-327  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:6 openssl-perl to version 0:1.0.1e-57.0.6.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2018-4248.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openssl-perl package and not the openssl-perl package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

The OpenSSL RSA Key generation algorithm has been shown to be vulnerable to a cache timing side channel attack. An attacker with sufficient access to mount cache timing attacks during the RSA key generation process could recover the private key. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.0i-dev (Affected 1.1.0-1.1.0h). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2p-dev (Affected 1.0.2b-1.0.2o).

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